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C. T, FREIB. `COMBINED CRADLE AND CHAIR.

No. 469,131. Patented Feb. 16, 189.2.`

ATTOH/VEKS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CALVIN FREID, OF ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF i ANDCLEMEN JAMES EVERETT, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CRADLE AND CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,131, dated February16, 1892'. l Application led September 23,1891. Serial No. 406,54?.- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CALvIN T. FREIE, of Allentown, in the county ofLehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Cradle and Chair, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This inventionconsists in a chair-cradlethat is, a cradle or cribcomposed of end uprights or standards, a bed-bottom or platformsuspended from or carried bysaid standards, and a detachable articulatedbody-section consisting of a series of panels hinged or jointed to oneanother and adapted to receive a raised Hoor or bottom within them a-ndto form a receptacle that when detached from the platform or bed portionof the cradle constitutes a crate-like chair or inclosed seat on andWithin which the child may either stand or sit, with freedom forexercise, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure l represents a view in perspective of my combined cradleand chairwhen erected and adapted to be used as a crib or cradle. Fig. 2 is aView in perspective of the articulated body-section detached and erectedand itted with a supplement-al folding bottom to form a crate-like chairor inclosed seat. Fig.

3 is an elevation as seen from the interior of of the bodyfsection.

the end portion in part of one of the panels Fig. et isa similar, butpartly sectional, view of the end portion in part of one of the panelsof the body-section, with a portion of the platform that forms thebed-bottom fitted therein. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a foldingsupplemental bottom to the panel-body section when erected to form thecrate-like chair or inclosed seat, said bottom then being unfolded ordistended. Fig. 6 is a side view of a folding bottom formed of threesections; and Fig. 7 is a side view, upon a larger scale, of the bottomshown in Fig. 5 when folded or closed. Fig. 8 is a View in perspectiveof the cradle with its mattress and bolster after the panel-body sectionhas been detached from it.

A A indicate the end uprights or standards united by a brace B.

C is the platform or bed-bottom of the cradle, receivingon it themattress and pillow or bolster. Said platform is represented assuspended from or carried 'by the uprights by means of looped end Wiresb h, adapted to provide for the swinging of the cradle.

The body-section of the cradle iscomposed 6o of a series of independentpanels D, (here shown as six,) preferably of balustrade or otheropen-Work construction. These panels, which exceed thenumber of sides ofthe bedbottom, are tied, jointed, or hinged together up their sides, asat c c, and are of such a length or Width that they may be extended toclosely hug and receive within a lower groove d in each of them themarginal portions of the platform or bed-bottom proper C of the 7ocradle, after which they may be securely closed by a latch or catch s,applied to either terminal panel in the series, Which last-named panelsare not hinged or jointed together.

This construction of the body-section of the cradle not only serves toprovide for attachment of said section to and around the bedbottom C,but also for its detachment therefrom and for folding the panels in azigzag manner, one upon the other, when packing the 8o cradle away or tofacilitate shipping. Said construction of the panel-body section has,however, another and more prominent use. Thus when detached from thebed-bottom C its panels D may be passed around and made separate Wideand roomy receptacle that con- 9o stitutes a crate-like chair orinclosed seat, on and Within which the child may either stand or'sit,with freedom for exercise Without fear of being hurt, and the bottom Cof which is raised from the floor, as by feet f, so as to secureventilation, and is a close or solid one,

thereby preventing soiling of the carpet or v coverin g on the floor ofthe apartment by passages froIn the child. This bottom C maybe formedofV two sections, as shown in Fig. 5, or roo of three sections, as shownin Fig. 6, hinged together at e e, and It has the'fsame number of sidesas there are panels D in the body-section, said sides being of a length.to correspond with the panels. When not in use, the bottom may befolded up so as to economize space in packing away.

Vhen the articulated body-section is used to form the crate-like seat orchair, the rest of the cradle, With its mattress and bolster, is also inplace ready for use, as shown in Fig. 8. The change, also, of thearticulated bodysection from its one application or use to the other andback again is readily and quickly made.

' Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new anddesire tosecure by Letters Patentl. A cradle or crib composed of end uprights orstandards, a bed-bottom or platform suspended from or carried by saidstandards, and an articulated body-section consisting of a series ofpanels hinged orloosely jointed to one another and detachably secured tothe bottom or platformfso as to inclose the same,L

substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In a cradle or crib, as described, the detachable and opening andclosing articulated body-section composed of a series of panels ofgreater number than the sides of the bedbottom hinged or loosely jointedto one another and provided with lower grooves adapt'- ed to receive themarginal portions of the bot-

